Summary
Trump renewed calls for the US to annex Greenland for “national security” reasons during an Oval Office briefing, claiming “I think it will happen.”
Greenland’s outgoing Prime Minister Múte Egede responded on Facebook: “Enough is enough,” and planned to summon all Greenland’s political parties for a joint rejection.
Likely incoming Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen also called Trump’s statement “inappropriate.”
Trump also undermined Denmark’s claim to Greenland, saying it was “very far away and really has nothing to do” with the island.
Danish Defense Committee Chairman Rasmus Jarlov warned that US annexation “would mean war between two NATO countries.”
So I got curious and decided to pay a visit to my favorite site to see this… Greenland is about the size of the US Midwest. I did not know that until today.
I’m reasonably certain that Trump thinks Greenland is much larger. He is stupid, after all.
It’s more about the resource extraction rights.
Ahhhhh. NOW the Canada and Greenland thing makes sense. If Trump took over Canada and Greenland, then Russia gains full control of the artic.
That’s an interesting point.
Everything always seems to make a lot more sense when viewed with the “how does this benefit Putin” lens.
Which probably means there’s something in Panama too, and I doubt it’s a canal.
Oh for sure. I just keep seeing Greenland everywhere since it seems to be Trump’s flavor of the week, and knowing it’s not as big as it look on the Mercator projection, I finally decided to see how large it really is.
For our Aussie friends, it’s about the same size as Qld and NSW.
Here’s a great site to do exactly this!
https://www.thetruesize.com/